13-letter words containing v, a, i, n
- provincialize — to make provincial in character.
- provisionally — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- provocational — the act of provoking.
- pulverization — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- quantivalence — quantitative equivalence
- quinquevalent — pentavalent.
- racing driver — someone who drives a racing car in motor car races
- rally driving — the sport of taking part in motor rallies
- ratiocinative — the process of logical reasoning.
- re-activation — to render active again; revive.
- re-entry visa — a visa that allows someone to enter a country again several times
- re-evaluating — to determine or set the value or amount of; appraise: to evaluate property.
- re-evaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- recording van — a van containing sound and image recording equipment, used as a mobile recording studio
- recultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
- reinnervation — the restoration of a nerve supply by surgery or by regeneration
- reintegrative — characterized by integration; tending to restore unity
- reinvestigate — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- reinvigorated — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- reinvigorator — something that gives new life and energy (to something)
- relative wind — the velocity or direction of airflow with respect to the body it surrounds, especially an airfoil.
- remonstrative — to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
- revaccination — the act or practice of vaccinating; inoculation with vaccine.
- revelationist — a person who believes in divine revelation.
- revendication — the process or act of revendicating
- reverberation — a reechoed sound.
- reverentially — of the nature of or characterized by reverence; reverent: reverential awe.
- revictualling — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- revindication — the act of vindicating.
- revolutionary — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
- ring-a-lievio — a game played usually between two teams in which the members of one team attempt to find, capture, and imprison the members of the other, who can be freed only by a teammate not yet captured.
- risk aversion — a strong disinclination to take risks
- rivalrousness — characterized by rivalry; competitive: the rivalrous aspect of their friendship.
- rocking valve — (on a steam engine) a valve mechanism oscillating through an arc to open and close.
- romantic love — love characterized by romance and involving sexual attraction
- rosenkavalier — an opera (1911) by Richard Strauss.
- russian olive — oleaster.
- sabin vaccine — an orally administered vaccine of live viruses for immunization against poliomyelitis.
- saint david's — a town in SW Wales, in Pembrokeshire: its cathedral was a place of pilgrimage in medieval times. Pop: 1627 (2001)
- saint vincent — Saint, died a.d. 304, Spanish martyr: patron saint of winegrowers.
- salviniaceous — relating to the genus Salviniaceae
- saving clause — a clause which denotes a reservation or exception
- savings ratio — the ratio of personal savings to disposable income, esp using the difference between national figures for disposable income and consumer spending as a measure of savings
- savings stamp — a stamp which can be bought (for example at a machine in a supermarket), saved, and then redeemed against the cost of goods later (for example at Christmas)
- sciatic nerve — either of a pair of nerves, the largest in the body, that originate in the sacral plexus of the lower back and extend down the buttocks to the back of the knees, where they divide into other nerves: the sciatic nerve and its branches innervate large areas of the pelvis, leg, and foot.
- serving hatch — a small hatch or opening in a kitchen wall used to serve food through to an adjoining room
- shaving brush — a short, cylindrical brush with long, soft, bristles, used in lathering the face before shaving.
- shaving cream — a preparation, as of soap and free fatty acid, that is lathered and applied to the face to soften and condition the beard for shaving.
- shaving horse — a trestle for supporting and steadying a piece of work being shaved.
- shaving stick — a piece of shaving foam moulded into a slender shape and held in a slender container for ease of application to the face when removing hair with a razor